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Lord Baelish A Trickster

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Petyr Baelish, Lord Baelish, Little Finger, The Master of Coin; he goes by many names, which in a way adds to his ambiguity. Not only is he ambiguous, but he embodies all of Hines and Hyde’s characteristics of a trickster. Petyr Baelish is a good ally to have because he is so sly, but one must remember he always has a trick up his sleeve and could turn into a foe at any second, if that is what is in his best interest. Lord Baelish is a conniving trickster because of his ability to cause chaos and to never find his belly being filled. Petyr Baelish is almost always playing a trick on someone. One of his tricks was turning on Nedd Stark and helping the Lanister’s gain control of King’s Landing. Here Lord Baelish also shows signs of being a situation …show more content…

Lord Baelish was very deceitful by taking advantage of Lysa Arryn’s feelings for him and tricking her into murdering her husband with the tears of Lys; once again being a messenger. He was also being a messenger by having Lysa write a letter to the Stark’s claiming that the Lanister’s were responsible for John Arryn’s death which caused a lot of disorder between the families. Little Finger then was the cause of disruption by bringing Sansa to the Vale. Aunt Lysa becomes jealous of his feelings towards Sansa and results in Petyr throwing her through the moon door and to her death. He claims it was to save Sansa, but it did not have to be done and he really did it in hopes that he would be able to gain control of the Vale (Season 7 Episode 7, 02:20-03:20). Once again he is a situation inventor by saving Sansa from the Lanister’s, bringing her to where she would be safe, but then murdering her aunt and selling her to the Bolton’s. Lord Baelish was also being very deceitful when he attempted to turn Sansa and Aria against each other. One can see that he is the prime cause for disruptions, disorder, and misfortune by turning sisters against sisters, families against families, and by the murders he has played roles …show more content…

Lord Baelish does everything he can to avoid punishment by skirting the letter of the law. One example of this is when one of the first things Little Finger had to say to Sansa when he saw her again after selling her to the Boltons was that he was so glad to see her unharmed and claimed that he was coming to her aid, when in fact he was not really concerned about her safety at all. He states that he will do whatever she asks and that he wishes he could undo what had been done to her, which just shows how deceiving he can really be. Once again he acts as the court jester by telling Sansa that her uncle has taken River Run and that she should try to find him. He then tries to install doubt into her head by questioning her when she says her army and he asks her if she meant her half brother’s army, once again showing how he is ambiguous and likes to try to deceive people (Sansa Confronts Littlefinger, 00:53-4:35). Once more Little Finger shows this characteristic of a shape-shifter when he says he was trying to protect Sansa, and that he loved her and her mother but he only made those claims because his life was at risk. He is a messenger by bringing the Starks the dagger made of Valyrain steel which backfired on him and made the Starks aware of his involvement in the attempt to assassinate Bran Stark. Another characteristics Petyr portrays is being a lewd bricoleur by being the owner

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